What is the Fellowship in Women’s Health?
As partners in women’s health issues, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and community organizations across Ottawa have been surveyed to identify domains where enhanced education of physicians would help meet the health needs of the women of the region. The outcome of this survey was overwhelmingly supportive of the development of a fellowship year in Women’s Health designed to educate physicians as experts. As a consequence, this program was launched after 3 years of planning.
Having had our first fellow in 2002, we now have several years of experience. The goal was to create a Fellowship that can be entered either as a third year of Family Medicine or as a fifth year of extra training for RCPS eligible candidates. At this time, the Fellowship program is housed within the “Enhanced Skills” program within the Dept. of Family Medicine. Applicants from the RCPSC or CFPC are eligible to apply and representation from the applicant’s Dept. will be included in the program committee for review of candidates and for evaluation purposes.
Structure of the Fellowship:
The fellowship year is designed to give the fellow exposure to women’s health issues according to the broadest definition of women’s health. The fellow will be asked to plan their year to meet their personal interests within the 10 themes (pdf) of the program. There will be flexibility in balancing clinical, research and advocacy themes. (eg 40%/30%/30%) The required educational experiences to meet the stated objectives are being developed according to needs assessed and literature review. The resident’s proposed agenda will be reviewed and cleared by the planning committee. The potential of a second research year with links to Masters and MD/PHD program will be explored as funding becomes more reliable.
Deadline for Application
Application letters along with letters of reference must be sent to:
Applications must be sent in no later than September 15 for entry into the program of the following year.
For more information please contact Sara Sinclair at (613) 562-5800 Extension 8895